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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite? Hot Five Jul 29th, 2019

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite?

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Should indie developers release their games in Asia? Mobile Mavens Sep 28th, 2018

Should indie developers release their games in Asia?

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5% Chart of the Week Aug 18th, 2016

How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%

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Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat Hall of Fame Aug 11th, 2016

Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat

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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Feature Mar 26th, 2015

Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Apple get hacked, EA names the App Store as its biggest money spinner, and we go big on China Week that was Jul 27th, 2013

PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Apple get hacked, EA names the App Store as its biggest money spinner, and we go big on China

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

3 Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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How launching 14 language versions made Castle Clash the world's #2 mobile strategy game The Charticle Mar 13th, 2014

How launching 14 language versions made Castle Clash the world's #2 mobile strategy game

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? The IAP Inspector Aug 11th, 2017

How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?

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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad

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Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow! HUAWEI DEVELOPER DAY Apr 28th, 2020

Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow!

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 13th, 2020

This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears

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Time for a new free app analytics tool GOLDEN DATA Jan 16th, 2020

Time for a new free app analytics tool

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Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan INDIE WINNERS Dec 2nd, 2019

Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 23rd, 2018

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Opinion: Straightforward or not, the Gamevil-Com2uS deal is full of upside potential Oct 17th, 2013

Opinion: Straightforward or not, the Gamevil-Com2uS deal is full of upside potential

3 Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Aug 11th, 2017

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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

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Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan INDIE WINNERS Dec 2nd, 2019

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The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio INDIE VIEW Oct 27th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio

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2 Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

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How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China REMOTE WORKING Sep 29th, 2020

How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China

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Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Remote Working: Yoozoo narrative director Dylan Cole on the lessons the US can learn from China JOBS IN GAMES Sep 8th, 2020

Remote Working: Yoozoo narrative director Dylan Cole on the lessons the US can learn from China

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POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 4th, 2020

POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino

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How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI AI MONETISATION Aug 27th, 2020

How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI

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2 Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

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The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio INDIE VIEW Oct 27th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio

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Jobs in Games: How China convinced Yodo1 business manager Marina Espin to join the industry JOBS IN GAMES Apr 13th, 2020

Jobs in Games: How China convinced Yodo1 business manager Marina Espin to join the industry

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What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokemon Sleep?

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Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd MAKING OF May 2nd, 2018

Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd

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2 A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye DECODING DESIGN Aug 30th, 2017

A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye

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Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules CHINESE REGULATIONS May 7th, 2019

Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules

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Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? EASTERN STARS Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

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Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50% LOST IN TRANSLATION? Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50%

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Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week BREATH OF THE WHO? Oct 6th, 2020

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

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Mobile RPG Logres heads to UK and US after racking up eight million downloads in Japan News Jun 1st, 2017

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Why Nintendo has taken a Japan-first approach with Fire Emblem Heroes Comment & Opinion Jan 23rd, 2017

Why Nintendo has taken a Japan-first approach with Fire Emblem Heroes

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